# Encrypted sync from commandline

**URL:** <https://forum.rclone.org/t/encrypted-sync-from-commandline/42088>\
**Category:** Help and Support\
**Created:** [September 30, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/encrypted-sync-from-commandline/42088 "2023-09-30T12:08:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 30, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/encrypted-sync-from-commandline/42088/4 "2023-09-30T15:28:41Z")

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> [@arong](#):
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> Thank you, this is what I was looking for.

welcome

> [@arong](#):
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> `export RCLONE_CONFIG_CRYPT_TYPE=crypt` etc for Windows.

i re-edited my initial post, to include examples for both windows and linux

> [@arong](#):
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> Really I could not find that searching for environmental variables

yeah, good point. now, i realize the examples are hard to find, as you need to know to search for  
`RCLONE_CONFIG_`  
and then would find another example.  
[https://forum.rclone.org/t/s3-source-destination-named-profile/17417/6](https://forum.rclone.org/t/s3-source-destination-named-profile/17417/6)

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